Social Worker Journey

Working in the social services field was always my dream. Whether working with children, family, adults, elderly etc. this career path is so broad it instills the hope of a career opportunity. My first year working in this field was in 2010 when I interned as an intake specialist in an outpatient drug treatment facility, while completing my bachelor’s degree in human services. Thereafter, I was able to branch off in various areas such as a case manager at a domestic violence shelter, housing specialist, substance abuse counselor and now a family services specialist.

There are several goals that I hope to achieve by pursuing a graduate degree in Social Work. Pursuing a MSW will provide me with the knowledge, tools, and skills-set that will be fundamental to the achievement my career goals outlined below.

The decision to pursue my education in social work at Dalhousie University was not an easy one. While I was growing up, my career choice changed all of them time, but I always knew that I wanted to do something fulfilling, in which I could “help” and support people. My mom was a nurse and always loved helping people; I always figured I would follow in her footsteps, however I learned at an early age that sciences do not come easy to me. Unfortunately, my mom lost her battle to breast cancer when I was eight years old, so I hope that by me helping people socially, rather than medically like she did, will continue her legacy.

I have chosen to pursue a social work education and career because I have a strong desire to help, educate, and support those in need. A second reason I chose a career in social work is because my life was positively changed by a social worker. Finally, I am drawn to the social work profession by a fierce desire to provide service to veterans. As a veteran myself, I can better empathize with the struggles they face. Also, I have first-hand experience with the services currently available, what is lacking, and who to contact to resolve issues and answer questions.

Throughout my life, I have been the type of person that people want to talk to when they are having problems. My mom tells me that I have a loving spirit and that attracts people to me. I’m not sure about that, but I do know that I have a passion to want to help people in my community. I can trace my interest in wanting to be a social worker back to my days in high school. I believe growing up the oldest of three always had me positioned to be a leader and role model, along with one who people came to when they needed help, a secret kept, advice, a ride to somewhere or someone to simply listen. My parents were not always happily married, I witnessed and was a victim of family and domestic violence. I went to a high school where drugs were visible,

A social worker has a very important job. Social workers help children and families in need of food, homes, and health care. They help children have a brighter future. There are many different types of social work. There are mental health, child and family, elementary, and high school social workers.

Based on the salary that a social worker makes annually, I can be comfortable enough to live peacefully. A social worker makes up to $45,500 annually. (“Social Workers: Pay”).

Being a social worker means understanding and always learning about human behavior like here in this case. Alexis will face many obstacles. This will be difficult for her to adapt to her every day social living, like when she interacts with others. This will influence her during her transition on what her first steps to take are in her big change. Furthermore seeing how this change will do in her life, in addition to maintaining a stable healthy relationship with her family. Throughout the rest of her life, her social interactions will continuously be reshaping for her ongoing social interactions with others. This would be directing to the way that she will now present herself. For example, the way she dresses and appears as a male is the new

I was in grade 10 when I thought of becoming a social worker. As social worker practitioner the fields that interest me to work in is domestic violence and child abuse because I want to make change to the society. Also Mahatma Gandhi was my major inspiration through this quote “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”. Than an idea came to me, why not involve my contribution to the wide variety of communities. My communication with school counsellors and social workers has impacted my choice of desiring to study social work. I realised that if I have had a chance of seeing a social worker when I was young, things would have been much easier and less stressful. I want to provide opportunities that I did not encounter to other people. This essay will reflect my past experience, motivation and why I want to be a social worker, values, beliefs and theory of practice.

Over the past 15 years I have worked within homecare and residential settings supporting elderly people with disability, Parkinson disease, and dementia, assisting with personal care, medication, house duties and helping them with their welfare. Since 2013, I have worked children and adults with disabilities such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy, Learning disability, self-harm emotional and behaviour issues and addictions . This has been very challenging however rewarding experience. My involvement of planning activities reviewing care plan and assessment for them allowed me to re-evaluate my perception of someone living with disabilities. This also gave me an insight of the daily challenges faced by these individuals, being in the position to be able to assist them in fulfilling life goals and to bring about change in their lives have been inspiring.

When you are a social worker the relationship between you and your client is very important. It means a lot to a client to know that they can trust you. Over the few past years the relationship between a social worker and a client has been identified as a strong foundation in social work. This relationship is very crucial. Social workers are supposed to use their knowledge of the field to build a strong foundation between them and the client keeping in mind that they cannot overstep their boundaries. No matter what goes on in the relationship with the client, social workers are to remain professional at all times. It is very important as a social worker to set clear boundaries between workers and their clients at the start of the relationship. If these boundaries are

My ambition is to complete my educational goals, thereby enabling my attainment of a career where I can help meet the needs of people. As a person that possesses a high degree of compassion and empathy, and a desire to help others, I have carefully chosen the clinical social work field. My academic achievements, my work experience, and my community service have all helped me to work toward my goals. I am currently enrolled at Rutgers University’s three-year, online Master of Social Work (clinical) program. Upon completion, I will need to submit fingerprints and undergo a criminal background check. First, I must apply for a limited master’s social work license with the intent to gain experience under the supervision of a licensed master’s social

Social Workers can approach middle schools and high schools to develop a preventative CBT evidence based program to improve resilience and coping skills in the students. This process would include developing a screening process, speaking with the parents, students, school psychologist/social worker, teachers, and any other additional clinical staff that would be working on the prevention program. Once all members agree to participate in a CBT based prevention program the social worker would then administer the ASEBA and the SDQ assessments. The results of the assessments would provide the social worker and school psychologist information on the students that are at risk, to include those needing additional assessment for possible mental

My academic and career goals would be attending the University of Louisville to become a Social Work major. I would like to become a successful Social Worker to be able to help out children and families in need. When I was younger, I had a couple of social workers in my life. One helped our family, and one didn't, but they both left a lasting impression on me. Social Work is something that I feel passionate about and becoming a great social worker is a big career goal of

Many people do not realize that our world is growing in debt and bringing others down with it. Social workers are in high demand as the poverty numbers grow. Take a look around you. There are people sleeping on the streets and you see a man on the corner holding a sign asking for help. You are running late to get to work so you drive by but you think about him for the rest of the day. You wished that you could help all of the people that you see struggling but you do not know how. If you want to make a difference in this world and help solve the extreme poverty, consider social work. It takes time and effort to become a social worker, but in the end it is worth it.